Vector3

constructor

• new Vector3(_x?: number, _y?: number, _z?: number): Vector3

  Parameters

  • _x: number
  • _y: number
  • _z: number

  Returns Vector3

x0

y0

z0

isVector3

hasNan

• hasNan(): boolean

  If NaN exists in three elements, return true.

  Returns boolean

set

• set(x: number, y: number, z: number): Vector3

  Set the x, y and z components of this vector.

  Parameters

  • x: number
  • y: number
  • z: number

  Returns Vector3

setScalar

• setScalar(scalar: number): Vector3

  Set the x, y and z values of this vector both equal to scalar.

  Parameters

  • scalar: number

  Returns Vector3

setX

• setX(x: number): Vector3

  Replace this vector's x value with x.

  Parameters

  • x: number

  Returns Vector3

setY

• setY(y: number): Vector3

  Replace this vector's y value with y.

  Parameters

  • y: number

  Returns Vector3

setZ

• setZ(z: number): Vector3

  Replace this vector's z value with z.

  Parameters

  • z: number

  Returns Vector3

setComponent

• setComponent(index: number, value: number): Vector3

  If index equals 0 set x to Float| value. If index equals 1 set y to Float| value. If index equals 2 set z to Float| value.

  Parameters

  • index: number
  • value: number

  Returns Vector3

getComponent

• getComponent(index: number): number

  If index equals 0 returns the x value. If index equals 1 returns the y value. If index equals 2 returns the z value.

  Parameters

  • index: number

    0, 1 or 2.

  Returns number

clone

• clone(): Vector3

  Returns a new vector3 with the same x, y and z values as this one.

  Returns Vector3

cloneReadonly

• cloneReadonly(): ReadonlyVector3

  Returns ReadonlyVector3

copy

• copy(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Copies the values of the passed vector3's x, y and z properties to this vector3.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

add

• add(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Adds v to this vector.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

addScalar

• addScalar(s: number): Vector3

  Adds the scalar value s to this vector's x, y and z values.

  Parameters

  • s: number

  Returns Vector3

addVectors

• addVectors(a: Vector3, b: Vector3): Vector3

  Sets this vector to a + b.

  Parameters

  • a: Vector3
  • b: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

addScaledVector

• addScaledVector(v: Vector3, s: number): Vector3

  Adds the multiple of v and s to this vector.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3
  • s: number

  Returns Vector3

sub

• sub(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Subtracts v from this vector.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

subScalar

• subScalar(s: number): Vector3

  Subtracts s from this vector's x, y and z components.

  Parameters

  • s: number

  Returns Vector3

subVectors

• subVectors(a: Vector3, b: Vector3): Vector3

  Sets this vector to a - b.

  Parameters

  • a: Vector3
  • b: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

multiply

• multiply(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Multiplies this vector by v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

multiplyScalar

• multiplyScalar(scalar: number): Vector3

  Multiplies this vector by scalar s.

  Parameters

  • scalar: number

  Returns Vector3

multiplyVectors

• multiplyVectors(a: Vector3, b: Vector3): Vector3

  Sets this vector equal to a * b, component-wise.

  Parameters

  • a: Vector3
  • b: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

applyMatrix3

• applyMatrix3(m: Matrix3): Vector3

  Multiplies this vector by m

  Parameters

  • m: Matrix3

  Returns Vector3

applyMatrix4

• applyMatrix4(m: Matrix4): Vector3

  Multiplies this vector (with an implicit 1 in the 4th dimension) and m, and divides by perspective.

  Parameters

  • m: Matrix4

  Returns Vector3

applyQuaternion

• applyQuaternion(q: Quaternion): Vector3

  Applies a Quaternion transform to this vector.

  Parameters

  • q: Quaternion

  Returns Vector3

project

• project(camera: Camera3D): Vector3

  Projects this vector from world space into the camera's normalized device coordinate (NDC) space.

  Parameters

  • camera: Camera3D

    camera to use in the projection.

  Returns Vector3

unproject

• unproject(camera: Camera3D): Vector3

  Projects this vector from the camera's normalized device coordinate (NDC) space into world space.

  Parameters

  • camera: Camera3D

    camera to use in the projection.

  Returns Vector3

transformDirection

• transformDirection(m: Matrix4): Vector3

  Transforms the direction of this vector by a matrix (the upper left 3 x 3 subset of a m) and then normalizes the result.

  Parameters

  • m: Matrix4

  Returns Vector3

divide

• divide(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Divides this vector by v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

divideScalar

• divideScalar(scalar: number): Vector3

  Divides this vector by scalar s. Sets vector to ( 0, 0, 0 ) if s = 0.

  Parameters

  • scalar: number

  Returns Vector3

min

• min(v: Vector3): Vector3

  If this vector's x, y or z value is greater than the max vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.
  
  If this vector's x, y or z value is less than the min vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

max

• max(v: Vector3): Vector3

  If this vector's x, y or z value is greater than the max vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.
  
  If this vector's x, y or z value is less than the min vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

clamp

• clamp(min: Vector3, max: Vector3): Vector3

  If this vector's x, y or z value is greater than the max vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.
  
  If this vector's x, y or z value is less than the min vector's x, y or z value, it is replaced by the corresponding value.

  Parameters

  • min: Vector3

    the minimum x, y and z values.

  • max: Vector3

    the maximum x, y and z values in the desired range.

  Returns Vector3

clampScalar

• clampScalar(minVal: number, maxVal: number): Vector3

  If this vector's x, y or z values are greater than the max value, they are replaced by the max value.
  
  If this vector's x, y or z values are less than the min value, they are replaced by the min value.

  Parameters

  • minVal: number
  • maxVal: number

  Returns Vector3

clampLength

• clampLength(min: number, max: number): Vector3

  If this vector's length is greater than the max value, the vector will be scaled down so its length is the max value.
  
  If this vector's length is less than the min value, the vector will be scaled up so its length is the min value.

  Parameters

  • min: number

    the minimum value the length will be clamped to.

  • max: number

    the maximum value the length will be clamped to.

  Returns Vector3

floor

• floor(): Vector3

  The components of this vector are rounded down to the nearest integer value.

  Returns Vector3

ceil

• ceil(): Vector3

  The x, y and z components of this vector are rounded up to the nearest integer value.

  Returns Vector3

round

• round(): Vector3

  The components of this vector are rounded to the nearest integer value.

  Returns Vector3

roundToZero

• roundToZero(): Vector3

  The components of this vector are rounded towards zero (up if negative, down if positive) to an integer value.

  Returns Vector3

negate

• negate(): Vector3

  Inverts this vector - i.e. sets x = -x, y = -y and z = -z.

  Returns Vector3

dot

• dot(v: Vector3): number

  Calculate the dot product of this vector and v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns number

lengthSq

• lengthSq(): number

  Computes the square of the Euclidean length (straight-line length) from (0, 0, 0) to (x, y, z). If you are comparing the lengths of vectors, you should compare the length squared instead as it is slightly more efficient to calculate.

  Returns number

length

• length(): number

  Computes the Euclidean length (straight-line length) from (0, 0, 0) to (x, y, z).

  Returns number

manhattanLength

• manhattanLength(): number

  Computes the Manhattan length of this vector.

  Returns number

normalize

• normalize(): Vector3

  Convert this vector to a unit vector

  • that is, sets it equal to a vector with the same direction as this one, but length| length 1.

  Returns Vector3

setLength

• setLength(length: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector to a vector with given length the same direction as this one.

  Parameters

  • length: number

  Returns Vector3

lerp

• lerp(v: Vector3, alpha: number): Vector3

  Linearly interpolate between this vector and v, where alpha is the percent distance along the line - alpha = 0 will be this vector, and alpha = 1 will be v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

    Vector3 to interpolate towards.

  • alpha: number

    interpolation factor, typically in the closed interval [0, 1].

  Returns Vector3

lerpVectors

• lerpVectors(v1: Vector3, v2: Vector3, alpha: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector to be the vector linearly interpolated between v1 and v2 where alpha is the percent distance along the line connecting the two vectors - alpha = 0 will be v1, and alpha = 1 will be v2.

  Parameters

  • v1: Vector3

    the starting Vector3.

  • v2: Vector3

    Vector3 to interpolate towards.

  • alpha: number

    interpolation factor, typically in the closed interval [0, 1].

  Returns Vector3

cross

• cross(v: Vector3): Vector3

  Sets this vector to cross product of itself and v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

crossVectors

• crossVectors(a: Vector3, b: Vector3): Vector3

  Sets this vector to cross product of a and b.

  Parameters

  • a: Vector3
  • b: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

projectOnVector

• projectOnVector(vector: Vector3): Vector3

  Projects this vector onto vector.

  Parameters

  • vector: Vector3

  Returns Vector3

projectOnPlane

• projectOnPlane(planeNormal: Vector3): Vector3

  Projects this vector onto a plane by subtracting this vector projected onto the plane's normal from this vector.

  Parameters

  • planeNormal: Vector3

    A vector representing a plane normal.

  Returns Vector3

reflect

• reflect(normal: Vector3): Vector3

  Reflect this vector off of plane orthogonal to normal. Normal is assumed to have unit length.

  Parameters

  • normal: Vector3

    the normal to the reflecting plane.

  Returns Vector3

angleTo

• angleTo(v: Vector3): number

  Returns the angle between this vector and vector v in radians.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns number

distanceTo

• distanceTo(v: Vector3): number

  Computes the distance from this vector to v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns number

distanceToSquared

• distanceToSquared(v: Vector3): number

  Computes the squared distance from this vector to v. If you are just comparing the distance with another distance, you should compare the distance squared instead as it is slightly more efficient to calculate.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns number

manhattanDistanceTo

• manhattanDistanceTo(v: Vector3): number

  Computes the Manhattan distance from this vector to v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns number

setFromSpherical

• setFromSpherical(s: Spherical): Vector3

  Sets this vector from the spherical coordinates Spherical| s.

  Parameters

  • s: Spherical

  Returns Vector3

setFromSphericalCoords

• setFromSphericalCoords(radius: number, phi: number, theta: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector from the spherical coordinates Spherical| radius, Spherical| phi and Spherical| theta.

  Parameters

  • radius: number
  • phi: number
  • theta: number

  Returns Vector3

setFromCylindrical

• setFromCylindrical(c: Cylindrical): Vector3

  Sets this vector from the cylindrical coordinates Cylindrical| c.

  Parameters

  • c: Cylindrical

  Returns Vector3

setFromCylindricalCoords

• setFromCylindricalCoords(radius: number, theta: number, y: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector from the cylindrical coordinates Cylindrical| radius, Cylindrical| theta and Cylindrical| y.

  Parameters

  • radius: number
  • theta: number
  • y: number

  Returns Vector3

setFromMatrixPosition

• setFromMatrixPosition(m: Matrix4): Vector3

  Sets this vector to the position elements of the transformation matrix m.

  Parameters

  • m: Matrix4

  Returns Vector3

setFromMatrixColumn

• setFromMatrixColumn(matrix: Matrix4, index: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector's x, y and z components from Integer| index column of matrix.

  Parameters

  • matrix: Matrix4
  • index: number

  Returns Vector3

setFromMatrixScale

• setFromMatrixScale(m: Matrix4): Vector3

  Sets this vector to the scale elements of the transformation matrix m.

  Parameters

  • m: Matrix4

  Returns Vector3

equals

• equals(v: Vector3): boolean

  Checks for strict equality of this vector and v.

  Parameters

  • v: Vector3

  Returns boolean

fromArray0

• fromArray(array: ArrayLike<number>, offset?: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector's x value to be array[ offset + 0 ], y value to be array[ offset + 1 ] and z value to be array[ offset + 2 ].

  Parameters

  • array: ArrayLike<number>

    the source array.

  • offset: number

    ( optional) offset into the array.

  Returns Vector3

getNumberCount

• getNumberCount(): number

  There are 3 elements in this vector.

  Returns number

toArray

• toArray(array?: number[], offset?: number): number[]

  Returns an array [x, y, z], or copies x, y and z into the provided array.

  Parameters

  • array: number[]

    (optional) array to store this vector to. If this is not provided a new array will be created.

  • offset: number

    (optional) optional offset into the array.

  Returns number[]

fromBufferAttribute

• fromBufferAttribute(attribute: BufferAttribute, index: number): Vector3

  Sets this vector's x, y and z values from the attribute.

  Parameters

  • attribute: BufferAttribute

    the source attribute.

  • index: number

    index in the attribute.

  Returns Vector3